RP Application (Creeperopolis)

The Empire of Central America (Spanish: Imperio de Centroamérica) is a large nation that is composed of the formerly independent nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the British colony of Belize, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. The nation was established as the Greater Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Mayor de Centroamérica in 1896. The Greater Union of Central America was formed between El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and the nation was led by Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez, the President of El Salvador.

However, in 1898, Tomás Regalado overthrew Gutiérrez on November 21, 1898, and declared an end to the Greater Union. Furious at the news, the Salvadoran military, with aid from Honduras and Nicaragua, overthrew Regalado and their leader, General Maximiliano Martínez, declared himself Emperor of Central America on December 18, 1898, beginning the Empire of Central America.

Guatemala and Costa Rica both joined the Empire voluntarily in February 1899. (New waldensia this is accurate ok. Guatemala and Costa Rica both considered joining the Greater Union in real life before it was abolished. It's not OP or super unrealistic.)

On July 18, 1900, Maximiliano I was overthrown in a coup d'état led by Guatemalan General Salvador González. Maximiliano was captured the following day and executed, leading to González declaring himself Emperor Salvador I of Central America. Salvador I moved the capital to Guatemala City the same year.

Wishing to retake the throne for his family, Maximiliano I's nephew, Prince Maximiliano, with the aid of El Salvador and Nicaragua, overthrew Salvador I on October 13, 1903. Salvador I fled to Mexico following the coup, and Prince Maximiliano declared himself Emperor Maximiliano II of Central America.

The Guatemalan Wars raged on from October 13, 1903 to December 4, 1906 as a result of Salvador I being overthrown. The series of internal wars ended with the Treaty of Mexico City that granted Guatemala autonomy within the Empire.

Under Maximilian II, the Empire purchased the British Colony of Belize for 2 million colóns in June 1907, as the British saw little use for the colony. Chiapas's independence was recognized by Mexico on July 7, 1907. The next day, Chiapas declared it would voluntarily annex itself into the Empire of Central America. (Los Altos, New Waldensia. Google it. This isn't unrealistic either.)

Maximiliano II died on January 13, 1909, and his son became Emperor Maximiliano III of Central America.

Panamá was annexed into the Empire on April 10, 1910.

On April 18, 1910, Maximiliano III declared war on the Pro-Ottoman Alliance and joined the Axis of Christian Nations.

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RP Info

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Full NationStates Name: The Holy Traditionalist Empire of Creeperopolis
Full RP Name: The Empire of Central America

Starting Claim: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, Chiapas

Government Type: Absolute Monarchy/Dictatorship

Head of State: Emperor Maximiliano III

Head of Government: Emperor Maximiliano III

Capital City: San Salvador

Estimated Population: 4,034,800 (1907 est.)

Economy:

Type: Centralized Free Market
Development: Developing

Imports: Oil, Steel, Iron
Exports: Cotton, Coffee, Bananas, Textiles, Pupusas

Nominal GDP: 3.1 billion colóns
Nominal GDP per capita: 768.32 colóns

Military Strength

Priority: High

Equipment:
Mauser C96
M1903 Springfield
2 destroyers
3 U-boats

% GDP: 32%

Eligible Manpower: 43% of population
Active Troops: 93,200
Reserve : 20,000

Members of the Empire of Central America

Nation	Flag	Established	Capital	Emperor
Empire of Central America		September 15, 1896	San Salvador	Emperor Maximiliano III

Member	Flag	Date Admitted	Capital	Notes
El Salvador		September 15, 1896	San Salvador	Empire's Leader. Founding Member.
Honduras		September 15, 1896	Tegucigalpa	Founding Member.
Nicaragua		September 15, 1896	Managua	Founding Member.
Guatemala		February 13, 1899	Guatemala City	Autonomous Region.
Costa Rica		February 14, 1899	San José
Belize		June 2, 1907	Belize City	Purchased from Britain.
Chiapas	no official flag	July 8, 1907	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Panamá		April 10, 1910	Panamá City

The Central American Imperial Government

Position	Name	Photo	Entered Office	Preceded By	Political Party
Emperor	Maximiliano III		January 13, 1909	Maximiliano II (1903-1909)	National Pro Patria Party
Grand Prince	Adolfo Martínez		January 13, 1909	Maximiliano III (1903-1909)	National Pro Patria Party
General of the Army	Óscar Fuentes		October 4, 1909	position established	National Pro Patria Party
Head of the National Guard Minister of National Security	José Castro		October 4, 1909	position established	National Pro Patria Party
Minister of the Interior Minister of Foreign Affairs	Fidel Romero		June 4, 1908	Santiago Gutiérrez (1903-1908)	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of El Salvador	Fernando Figueroa		March 1, 1907	Pedro José Escalón (1903-1907)	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Guatemala	Manuel Estrada Cabrera		February 8, 1898	position established	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Nicaragua	José Madriz		December 21, 1909	José Santos Zelaya (1896-1909)	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Honduras	Miguel Dávila		April 18, 1907	Miguel Oquelí Bustillo (1907)	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Costa Rica	Bernardo Soto Alfaro		May 8, 1906	Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (1902-1906)	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Panamá	Carlos Antonio Mendoza		April 10, 1910	position established	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Belize	José Moneda		June 2, 1907	position established	National Pro Patria Party
Governor of Chiapas	Manuel Ortega		July 8, 1907	position established	National Pro Patria Party

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